Profile Vacancy Theological Ethics with a Specialization in Sexual & Family Ethics and/or Environmental Ethics and Demonstrable Expertise in Fundamental Moral Theology

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Total reward

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State University

KU Leuven

Area

Western Europe

Host Country

Belgium

Deadline

15 Mar 2021

Study level

Postgraduate

Opportunity type

Jobs

Specialities

Social sciences and humanities , Theology

Opportunity funding

Not funding

Eligible Countries

This opportunity is destined for all countries

Eligible Region

All Regions

(ref. ZAP-2020-301)

There is a full-time vacancy for a junior or senior academic staff member at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven (Catholic University of Leuven), in the area of theological ethics. KU Leuven is a university with international standing and a strong focus on education based on innovative scientific research. For both our international (English) and Dutch programmes in theology and religious studies and in support of our Research Unit Theological and Comparative Ethics we are looking for internationally orientated candidates with an excellent research record and educational competence in the fields of sexual & family ethics and/or environmental ethics and demonstrable expertise in fundamental moral theology. Situated at the crossroads of university, religion and society, the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies is a unique, international and stimulating environment for high-level research, qualitative education and innovative service in Theology and Religious Studies. The Faculty develops its characteristic historical and hermeneutical theological approach in an interdisciplinary setting and in dialoghttp://theo.kuleuven.be/en/ue with the contemporary secularized and religiously pluralistic context.

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You develop a research programme in the field of sexual & family ethics and/or environmental ethics and achieve scientific results at international level. You make an important contribution to the efforts of Faculty and Research Unit to obtain research funding and develop national and international partnerships.

Being an interdisciplinary expert in the relation between theology/religion and ethics, you are able to conduct research from a Christian ethical perspective, focusing on sexual & family ethics and/or environmental ethics. You strive for close intra- and interdisciplinary collaboration within the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies and with other faculties inside and outside the Humanities and Social Sciences Group. Your research will be situated within both the Flemish, Belgian, European and global context characterized by diverse religious, ideological, ethical, theological and scientific traditions.

You provide high-quality teaching in English and Dutch in a number of disciplines in theological ethics, including sexual and family ethics, and are explicitly committed to the quality of the programme as a whole. In your teaching you pay scientific attention to the current state of ethical and theological research and seek to strike a balance between local, contextual and global perspectives.

You supervise Master's theses and take an active role as supervisor of doctoral students.

You develop your teaching in accordance with KU Leuven's vision of student-activating and research-based teaching and make use of the opportunities for educational professionalization provided by the Faculty and the University.

You will be expected to provide scientific services as part of your academic duties and internal administrative and managerial services to Faculty and University. More particularly, you will be expected to participate actively in public debate regarding themes linked to your fields of expertise.

You hold the degree of Doctor (STD) or PhD in Theology.

You have an excellent research record in sexual & family ethics and/or environmental ethics as demonstrated in publications in international journals and involvement in research groups and networks.

You have a very good knowledge of the ethical teaching of the Christian churches in general, and of Catholic ethics in particular and a demonstrable expertise in fundamental moral theology. You are open to ethical views of other world religions and engage in dialogue with secular and empirical approaches in sexual & family ethics and/or environmental ethics.

You possess demonstrable qualities for academic teaching. Teaching experience is clearly an asset.

You combine good social skills with a collegial attitude and are an effective communicator. You are empathic regarding the diversity of your student population and possess leadership capacities that you are willing to apply in the context of both Faculty and University.

A good knowledge of Dutch and a very good knowledge of English is required. Knowledge of other languages (French, German, Latin) is an important asset.

The official administrative language used at KU Leuven is Dutch. If you do not speak Dutch (or do not speak it well) at the start of employment, KU Leuven will provide language training to enable you to take part in administrative meetings. Before teaching courses in Dutch, you will be given the opportunity to learn Dutch to the required standard.

We offer a full-time appointment in an intellectually challenging environment. KU Leuven is a research-intensive, internationally oriented university that conducts both fundamental and applied scientific research. The university is strongly inter- and multidisciplinary in its orientation and strives for international excellence. For this it actively cooperates with its research partners in Belgium and abroad. At the same time the university offers her students an academic education that is based on high-quality scientific research.

You work in Leuven, a historic and, at the same time, dynamic and lively city in the center of Belgium, twenty minutes from Brussels, the capital of the European Union, and less than two hours from Paris, London and Amsterdam.

KU Leuven is well equipped to welcome foreign professors and their family and provides practical support with regard to immigration and administration, housing, childcare, learning Dutch, partner career coaching, etc.

To facilitate scientific onboarding and accelerate research in the first phase, a starting grant of 100.000 euro is offered to new professors without substantial other funding, appointed for at least 50%.

We are looking for a junior or senior researcher. As a rule, junior researchers are appointed at the level of assistant professor (tenure track) for a period of 5 years; following upon this period, they will, pending a positive evaluation, be offered a tenured position as associate professor. Senior researchers will be appointed at the level of assistant professor, associate professor, professor or full professor, depending on their record and qualifications.

For more information please contact Prof. dr. Johan De Tavernier, mail: johan.detavernier@kuleuven.be. For problems with online applying, please mail solliciteren@kuleuven.be.

Your application must be accompanied by a research statement (max. 2 pages) wherein you provide information about the innovative research programme you want to propose in your area of research. In addition, you must also provide a teaching statement describing your vision of academic education (max. 1 page).

KU Leuven places great importance on research integrity and ethical conduct and will therefore ask you to sign an integrity statement upon appointment.

You can apply for this job no later than March 15, 2021 via the online application tool

KU Leuven seeks to foster an environment where all talents can flourish, regardless of gender, age, cultural background, nationality or impairments. If you have any questions relating to accessibility or support, please contact us at diversiteit.HR@kuleuven.be.